Different Operating System for Adobe Creative Suite / Microsoft Windows Office???

[HURRIC4NE]

hi, im a novice graphic designer and web designer, i was walking down the road one day to meetup with my client and a question suddenly struck me.....


is windows the best Operating System to Run all of the Adobe Creative Suite Apps and Microsoft Office?? a lot of people run Macintosh but personally i have used Windows for a looong time, but i was still thinking if i could get some sort of a performance/feature upgrade or something....

i was thinking about have 2 operating systems in my pc, one for gaming and entertainment (windows 7 duh) and the other for productivity (adobe and office stuff) so which OS should i run parallel to windows for more productivity? a macintosh? linux? hell, ubuntu ?????

btw you can visit my "under construction" website at silverleef.com (i used a template LOL

 

[JackMDS]

I would first choose the Application that I am going to use for the design work, and use the OS that handles them.

I.e, it "silly" to be forced to use the design tools according to their OS availability

That said, Win 7 has the flexibility of choices that the or the OS mentioned do not have.


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[Zaap]

I say stick with what you know.

You won't have any problem running Adobe CSx in Windows. One advantage of the PC vs. the Mac is that you can more easily upgrade the PC for cheap: IE: faster CPU, more RAM, beefiest graphic card your budget and PC can handle- whereas you need a Mac Pro (Apple's most expensive/least updated product) to have all the same advantages. (Or, if you're a tech-minded person, build a Hackintosh.)

Hardware upgrades really make resource-hungry applications like Photoshop perform better, not bullcrap about which OS is better than the other. (IE: platform zealots that insist things like a Mac Mini being better for Photoshop than a tricked out i7 desktop PC with a ton of RAM and beefy CUDA/Fermi enabled graphic card just because the Mini has OSX.)

And by the way, your only choice for Adobe software is OSX or Windows, not Linux. With most PCs, you're not going to be running any alternate OS for Photoshop.

And of course, Windows is the best OS for running Office. (Although the Mac version of Office isn't nearly as bad as some make it out to be. For all the basics that most people use an office suite for, it's just as good.)

There are lots of reasons to dual-boot operating systems on a PC or Mac, but honestly, I don't think separating Photoshop and Office from gaming (both Win/PC based anyway) makes much practical sense.

If you were using software that was mostly only available on one OS, and then you needed something else that was only available on another OS, that would be a good reason to dual boot, or just run the less needed operating system in a virtual machine. (IE: a Mac, running Windows in Parallels, or Windows PC running Linux in VMWare.)

If you think Linux might be useful, just download a liveCD and boot your PC with it to get a feel for how you like it and the applications available. (A LiveCD won't actually install to your PC unless you specifically want it to). That's one thing that's always easy to try out before committing.

 

[gmaster456]

I'd go with Windows. As I imagine most other people here will say as well.

 

[lxskllr]

I'd use GNU/Linux, and libre software. The benefit is you get free(usually) upgrades with no strings attached. The downside is you have to learn new software, and it may not do things the way you like.

Otherwise, I'd stick with Windows. It's a Windows world, so you get flexibility you don't have with other systems.

 

[pauldun170]

Forget Bootcamp+OSX - Why pay for 2 OS's when Adobe CS runs fine in both? Why run 2 OS's when Windows will cover all your other needs as well?

If you want a Mac...get a Mac because you want a Mac. Not because of ACS. ACS works fine on both.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Why would you want to do this. Adobe + MS Office run perfectly in Windows, so why bother? As we always get reminded, why use two, when one will do?

 

[Chaotic42]

I'd use GNU/Linux, and libre software. The benefit is you get free(usually) upgrades with no strings attached. The downside is you have to learn new software, and it may not do things the way you like.

Otherwise, I'd stick with Windows. It's a Windows world, so you get flexibility you don't have with other systems.

GIMP is nice for what it is, but it chokes badly on large files (or it did the last time I used it).